Welcome to another episode of the Bowie Book Club, where wild speculation and grasping for straws about Bowie’s favorite books has reigned supreme since 2016. We survived another year, and that means we get to dust off the ole Choosenator and see what new books it brings us. This time we had a little canine assistance - our trusty guide led us through the wilds of Seattle (ok, through quiet residential neighborhoods) and pointed us at the correct numbers for the books for 2022! Subscribe! iTunes | RSS | Stitcher Follow us! (Not in a creepy way) Twitter Facebook Instagram Web Presence Our Bookshop Visit our lists on bookshop.org and help support the podcast (and independent bookstores too!) Our 2022 Books The Iliad - Homer Simpson Awopbopaloobop Alopbamboom: The Golden Age of Rock - Nik Cohn Money - Martin Amis Flaubert's Parrot - Julian Barnes In Between the Sheets - Ian McEwan Coast of Utopia - Tom Stoppard The Leopard - Giusseppe Di Lampedusa Room at the Top - John Braine On the Road - Jacky Kerouac In Bluebeard's Castle - George Steiner Mr. Wilson's Cabinet O' Wonders - Lawrence Weschler A People's Tragedy - Orlando Figes Our 2021 Favorites Kristianne: The Enchanted Tale for the Time Being The Anthropocene Review and The Book of Delights Piranesi Greg: A Little Devil in America Gormenghast Tadanori Yokoo Piranesi The Dakota Winters and The Perfume Burned His Eyes Other Stuff Kristanne listened to House in the Cerulean Sea and Under the Whispering Door while walking her dog. Greg couldn't remember that Sir Derek Jacobi read the audio version of Hawksmoor - here's our episode about that book Buy records and books from Hex Enduction Records and Books in Lake City, Seattle. Even if you're not in Seattle, they have a giant Discogs page - they're good folks with good stuff! Coming Up We'll start things off next month with a relatively new, very modern tome - The Iliad. See y'all then!

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